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You can create virtual machines, import virtual machines created elsewhere, and migrate virtual machines
converted from physical PCs. If you have Fusion Pro, you can also clone existing virtual machines.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Create a Virtual Machine,” on page 43
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“Upload a Virtual Machine to a Remote Server,” on page 55
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“Upload a Virtual Machine to VMware vCloud Air,” on page 55
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“Download a Virtual Machine from a Remote Server,” on page 56
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“Migrate an Existing Physical PC to a Virtual Machine,” on page 56
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“Importing Windows Virtual Machines,” on page 60
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“Export a Virtual Machine to OVF Format,” on page 63
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“Installing and Using VMware Tools,” on page 64
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“Cloning Virtual Machines with Fusion Pro,” on page 68
Create a Virtual Machine
How you create a virtual machine depends on its guest operating system. Virtual machines created using
Fusion 6 and later are created with SATA virtual disks or CD drives.
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Creating a Microsoft Windows Virtual Machine on page 44
You can create a virtual machine that uses a Microsoft Windows operating system as its guest
operating system.
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Creating a Linux Virtual Machine in Fusion on page 48
You can create a virtual machine that uses a Linux distribution as its guest operating system.
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Creating a Mac OS X Virtual Machine in Fusion on page 50
You can install OS X Server or OS X Client in a virtual machine. Fusion creates the virtual machine,
opens the OS X installation assistant, and installs VMware Tools. VMware Tools loads the drivers
required to optimize a virtual machine's performance.
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Creating a Shared Virtual Machine in Fusion on page 50
You can create a shared virtual machine in Fusion that can be accessed by all users on the local Mac
host.
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Create a Virtual Machine from a Mac Recovery Partition on page 51
You can use the recovery partition on your Mac to create virtual machines running Mac OS X.
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